In keeping with Duke University’s COVID-19 plan which includes instituting a series of social distancing practices to protect the health and continuity of the community, the public events, performances, and screenings for the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts Spring Thesis Exhibition have been postponed to the Fall 2020 semester. Updated information and schedule details… Continue reading MFA|EDA Spring Thesis Exhibition – Postponed to Fall 2020
Category: Student Work
MFA|EDA 2019 Thesis Exhibition: March 18 – April 13
Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts celebrates the successes of the class of 2019 in MFA|EDA 2019, the program’s annual thesis exhibition, on view in Durham at the Power Plant Gallery and Full Frame Theater, and on Duke’s campus at the Fredric Jameson Gallery and Rubenstein Arts Center. MARCH 18 – APRIL 13 MFA|EDA 2019… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2019 Thesis Exhibition: March 18 – April 13
Sarah Riazati (’19) Awarded Princess Grace Film Scholarship
We are pleased and proud to share the news that MFA|EDA graduate student Sarah Riazati (’19), has been awarded the Princess Grace Foundation’s 2018 John H. Johnson award to fund her feature film thesis project. Princess Grace Foundation 2018 Award Winners Princess Grace Foundation Press Release Meet Sarah here Congratulations Sarah!
MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2017 Playlist
MFA|EDA dispatches from near and far, current and alumni. Congratulations all. ___________________________________________________ Tracy Fish (’15), featured in Oxford American’s Eyes on the South, and has joined the Photo faculty at the University of Nevada-Reno. John Rash (’14) works as producer/director at the Southern Documentary Project in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2017 Playlist
Duke MFA|EDA 2017 Commencement Weekend, May 12-14
DUKE UNIVERSITY MFA|EDA CLASS OF 2017 COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND ____________________________ Friday, May 12 3:00-5:00pm EXHIBITION RECEPTION There’s Content: Five Years of the MFA|EDA Rubenstein Photography Gallery Duke West Campus ____________________________ Saturday, May 13 12:00-3:00pm MFA|EDA OPEN STUDIO Carpentry Shop 1509 Campus Drive ____________________________ Sunday, May 14 9:00am DUKE COMMENCEMENT University-Wide Commencement Ceremony MFA|EDA Degree Marshal SALIMA AL-ISMAILI Wallace Wade Stadium… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA 2017 Commencement Weekend, May 12-14
Duke MFA|EDA 2017 Thesis Exhibition: March 3-April 4
The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce its spring thesis exhibition, MFA|EDA 2017. Featuring site-specific projects by twelve MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, sculpture, photography, print-making, interactive arts, performance, sound, and multimedia over the… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA 2017 Thesis Exhibition: March 3-April 4
Salima Al-Ismaili (’17) Named Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow
2016-2017 Kenan Institute for Ethics Graduate Arts Fellow Salima Al-Ismaili (MFA|EDA ’17) is an Omani documentary artist working primarily in film and photography. Her previous documentaries explored issues of migration and displacement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Jordan. Al-Ismaili’s current focus explores the constructed and blurred assigned gender roles of women within religion, and the role… Continue reading Salima Al-Ismaili (’17) Named Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow
MFA|EDA Family and Friends at Haverhill Experimental Film Festival
Congratulations to the MFA|EDA family and friends representing (in a big way) at the Haverhill Experimental Film Festival (HEFF), July 22-24, Haverhill, Mass. Screening at HEFF are: Lisa McCarty (’13), Anna Kipervaser (’15), Alex Cunningham (’16), Jason Sudak (’17), Josh Gibson, and David Gatten, including a 16mm workshop with upcoming MFA|EDA visiting artist Steve Cossman of MONO NO AWARE. Info… Continue reading MFA|EDA Family and Friends at Haverhill Experimental Film Festival
MFA|EDA 2016: Annual Thesis Exhibition, March 25 – April 24
The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce its spring thesis exhibition, MFA|EDA 2016. Featuring site-specific projects by sixteen MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, sculpture, photography, print-making, interactive arts, performance, sound, and multimedia, over… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2016: Annual Thesis Exhibition, March 25 – April 24
MFA|EDA Class of 2017 Launches Influences Blog
In the first semester of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program at Duke, the Documentary Fieldwork seminar is taught as an opportunity for students to create a new body of documentary work, in a sense to define what they mean by documentary work through their own artistic practice. This new work—presented at the end… Continue reading MFA|EDA Class of 2017 Launches Influences Blog
